“The influence of the Kichwa mother tongue on the development of oral English skills in A1 and A2 level students”
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Kichwa mother tongue, oral skill, English, linguistic transfer, intercultural education, bilingual.Abstract
The current study analyzed the influence of the Kichwa mother tongue in the development of the English oral skills in students of level A1 and A2 at the Languages Center of the Martha Bucaram de Roldós High Superior Technology Institute. The research emerged because of phonological difficulties and communicative problems that are present in Kichwa-speaking students during interactive activities to produce the English language. The investigation was developed under a quantitative focus, with no experimental design, descriptive, and transversal cut. The population was composed of 40 Kichwa-speaking participants who belonged to A1 and A2 English levels. The obtained results were applied to a structured survey through a questionnaire of closed and open questions focused on the identification of pronunciation difficulties, oral fluency, communicative anxiety, and linguistic transfer. The results evidenced that the mother tongue Kichwa influenced the English oral production, especially in structural and phonological aspects. Likewise, it was evidenced that affective factors such as linguistic insecurity, anxiety, and the fair to make commit mistakes limit the oral participation in students who are doing interactive and communicative activities. In the same way, it was determined that intercultural pedagogic strategies and oral practice activities boost the communicative confidence and fluency in English. Finally, it is concluded that the implementation of contextualized and intercultural methodologies contributes significantly to the development of the oral English skills in bilingual students belonging to indigenous contexts.
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